re: Kids and screen time

Try and limit it but whenever you need them to use a pad or something to get some work done let them have it.

Some weeks are good sometimes they have it more than they should.

The people I see limiting their kids to a certain amount of videos or tv shows are the ones whoses kids are obsessed with it and always cry for it.

My 10 year old doesn’t care much for spending too much time on a screen, my younger one does though. This summer I’ve been more lax than normal. My youngest probably does 3-4 hours in front of a screen this summer, but before the virus and summer heat still probably averaged 1-2 hours.

We don't really have a strict daily time limit but the kids have to do things before getting on a screen. Get dressed, pick up their rooms, chores, assignments (when in school). They also have to go outside to play or find someone to play with. Just having them do those things distract them from being on screens for most of the day.

Now we do have days that our kids are on for longer than they probably should. Like I am anticipating them to be on screens a lot this afternoon since it is about to storm and I'm not in the mood to have a bunch of neighborhood kids playing inside our house today. But they've also been outside for going on four hours now so I'm less fussed about screen time at this point. :)

I have a two year old so we don’t have big struggles with it yet. He gets to watch 30 minutes of a show 2 times a week.

What I’ve read is that it’s important to limit it when they are much younger. The more screen time they get, the shorter their attention spans are and they pick up on fewer social cues and communication skills. This in turn can slow their development in the early stages and they could start off behind when they get into school.

We try to limit tablet time with my 4 year old, a little in the morning and a little in the afternoon.

I don't mind the TV being on cartoons most of the time because he rarely sits still and watches them. He's kinda the same way with the TV that I am, it's just background noise.

But it was a lot easier to limit screen time pre-bullshite, I mean pandemic. He's an only child and doesn't have many opportunities to play with the neighborhood kids.

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But it was a lot easier to limit screen time pre-bullshite, I mean pandemic. He's an only child and doesn't have many opportunities to play with the neighborhood kids.

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Thats where I am at. single child, older neighborhood so no kids... Its hard but as adults we need to set the narrative to make sure activities are lined up to limit screen time. I am good with a couple of hours, but anything beyond that on the regular I feel is just not healthy for a young child.

I watched a lot of tv as a kid but also read a lot. I graduated as valedictorian and from college with honors.

On weekdays he gets 30 minutes in the morning while he drinks his milk before daycare.

The evenings it varies. We try to keep it for after bath time to an episode or two of Mickey. But I also work in MT, so sometimes after daycare he will come home and watch his tablet at the table and "work" with mommy.

He loves playing outside and his books, so I don't worry about it too much. Unless he is in die hard Blippi mode, in that case I try to shut it down quickly. I fricking hate that guy.

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see my 7 year old is the complete opposite the more screen time she gets, the worse her attitude is and the more screen time she wants

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I’m sure it’s very kid dependent and the parents need to know their kids to decide. I have 2 boys and they’d 100% rather be outside or playing legos than watching tv.

The oldest has just started playing Nintendo and is a little obsessed with that at the moment so my view may change soon as well

Well, looks like I spoke too soon.

I just go a data alert from my ISP that we're close to going over our data limit for the month (which ends today).

Darn you fireTV. lol.